Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-09-10
Mr.. TAYLORS SPEECH.

| NR. TAYLORS SPEECH.
The speech of Hon. Jesse f. Taylor,
of which we publish an abstract that
does not do it full justice, displays a
broad, comprehensive estimate of the
purpose of county government. Mr..
| Taylor discerns that the time has
come for Cascade county to go into
business on her own account. and ac-
cordingly he wishes the new enter
prise success and endeavors to guard
it from such adverse legislation as
| Mr.. Buskett and Mr.. Mnth would inn
pose. MIR. Taylor is in full sympathy
with the progressive spirit which per-
vades all northern Montana. and he
sees nothing hostile to other counties
Or districts in the praiseworthy pur-
pose of Cascade to ''go it alone," thus
manifesting that self-reliance and ca
! pacity for self-government which do
more even than the federal constitu-
ton to make this country great, glori-
Gus and free.
Mr.. Taylor has thus struck a heavy
blow at that lust for control which
causes counties to oppose any curtail-
ment of their limits which makes
them resist the efforts of new settle
ments to form compact counties Of
moderate extent, wherein the people
will be united by sense of common in
terest to work sunitedly for the COM
mon good" He showed that Dakota
has adopted a policy of countydevelop-
ment which has stimulated settlement
and enabled that territory to acquire
three times the population Of Mon
tana, despite the greater inducements
which this favored region affords. On
this point his argument was un-
answerable. Our representative also
denounced that anti-corporation cry
raised by the Benton faction for lack
OF anything stronger. He exposed
/ the foolishness Of proclaiming to the
country at large that Montana was 80
opposed to corporations that she
would deprive people of their rights
because townsite company might
benefit incidentally by the change.
Mr.. Taylor sees no bugbear in COM
pany which makes costly improve
ments and gives full title to the
property that it sells, which, unlike
that at Pullman, imposes no restric-
tions, but leaves property owners az
free as the people who buy from those
land syndicates at ST. Paul and Min
neapolis, which have done SO much to
promote the prosperity of those cities.
Mr.. Taylor deserves hearty praise
for the independent course that he
pursued, and we predict that before
six months have elapsed his leading
opponents will admit that he WAS
right
THE RIVER Press says:
"The Cascade Catechism,' as given in
the last Great Falls TRIBUNE, bearing the
signature of 'Astra, is one that will prob
ably be adopted in the bar-rooms of that
+ nI,1 y.
to teach the residents of that burg that
Benton is very wicked place, and in
habited by such miserable beings as Tom
with mean and selfish motives who will
not agree to stand idly by and see the
Great Falls Townsite and Water Power
company take the major part of the as
sessable property of Choteau county and
appropriate it to the use and benefit of
that corporation. If the writer OF that
chaff had added an 81 and left of the ira
his signature would have been very cor
rect.
This reference to the townsite COM
pany reminds us OF story which
Senator Davis told in the last Mime
sofa campaign. An elderly gentle
man who revisited the college in
which he had studied in his youth,
found much to remind him OF the
happy days he had spent there. Fin
ally he reached the cosy room he had
occupied and found there student.
ssAh, unused the old man. there Is
the same book shell, the same mantle
piece and then opening the pantry
he beheld a blooming damsel He
begged pardon for intrnding on the
young student Whiie his girl was with
him, but the other said rather sharp
y, sir, that girl is my sister, And
the same old Lie, said the iolly old
fellow as he retired laughingly Tbs
application is obvions.